Answer:
The charges will be the same after 10 miles.
Step-by-step explanation:
Long Beach Towing Company:
Charges $40 plus $5 per mile. So after x miles, the charge will be of:
Five-Star Towing Company:
Chargers of $70 plus $2 per mile. So after x miles, the charge will be of:
After how many miles the charges for the two companied will be the same?
This is x for which:
So
The charges will be the same after 10 miles.
Answer:
$46,141.71
Step-by-step explanation:
This looks about right, based on weekly deposits for the duration. However, I cannot vouch for it entirely, as the number of weekly deposits in 15 years will actually be 782.
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Computing this by hand doing the initial balance separately from the weekly deposits, I get a total of $46,252.10 using 782 weekly deposits. For that purpose, I tried to figure an equivalent weekly interest rate given monthly compounding and the fact there are 52 5/28 weeks in a year on average.
I suspect the only way to get this to the cent would be to build a spreadsheet with payment dates and interest computation/payment dates. Some months, there would be 5 deposits between interest computations; some years there would be 53 deposits.
